God there's a Black hip hop beat maker who I give money to on Patreon who does *amazing* tutorials and he is like THE most positive vibes dude and in characteristic fashion he just sent out a note to his backers for his birthday today, opening with "I am so grateful to have had another year of life on earth especially in these times" and god DAMN

ALL PROCEEDS for this album will go to AMISTAD LAW PROJECT - a West-Philly based law center consisting of attorneys, activists, legal workers, former incarcerated people, and organizers who practice prison abolition and provide free and low-cost legal services to Philadelphians and people incarcerated in PA prisons. They also host regular community meetings and conversations for family and friends of incarcerated people.

Monday's demonstrations in Philly were intense. I'm still processing everything I witnessed but one thing was immediately clear and indisputable: the cops didn't treat the "protestors" who stormed capitol buildings with assault rifles with nearly as much contempt as they treated us.

And we know the reasons why.

Anyway, I have a camera. So I'll document it. I won't be reckless but I will insist on telling the truth. This is just a small part of a large story.

so, after last nights Black Lives Matter "protest" in pdx was co-opted by police collaborators and white liberals had their "kumbaya we've fixed racism and the police are nice now" parade, the police raided a local trans woman's house and arrested her on $25K bail for alleged arson. If you can, please donate to the bail fund: